California deer numbers are down 80 percent, mountain lions are picking off fawns and those deer that do survive are going bald. Whitetail deer on the East Coast are healthy, plentiful and feasting on field corn and flower gardens.

Northeastern motorists can handle snow, sleet and black ice. But a little rain in San Francisco - total gridlock. And let's not even mention Bay Area drivers' fondness for changing lanes without looking.